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'A momentous milestone': Africa now free from wild polio virus Experts hail public health achievement, urge vigilance over existing threat posed by polio vaccine-derived outbreaks. Health authorities have declared Africa free of the wild polio virus after decades of efforts, a major step in the campaign to eradicate the crippling viral disease worldwide. Tuesday's historic announcement by the African Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication during a World Health Organization (WHO) event came four years after the continent's last case was reported in northern Nigeria. The commission, an independent body, confirmed that all 47 countries in the WHO's Africa region have eradicated the disease that attacks the nervous system and can cause irreversible paralysis within hours. The news was hailed by health experts, who also urged continued vigilance over the still-existing threat posed by polio vaccine-derived outbreaks in more than a dozen countri...

A 53-year-old man was rushed into surgery after he inserted a beer glass into his butt hole and couldn't get it out.   The incident took place in the county of Lu in the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan.    The patient, named as Mr Huang, was taken into theatre after struggling to pull the vessel out himself.   Medics were forced to operate because the glass was firmly wedged around 6cm in his rectum.     It is believed the man inserted the glass in his bum for sexual pleasure.    Brit Dr Carol Cooper said: "Most people who do this are men, often with a sexual motive.   “While it’s good to explore one’s sensuality, shoving things like candles, spray cans, and Christmas ornaments up the rear end is taking it too far."   A British Medical Journal report warns doctors not to laugh or shame patients who end up in A&E with items up their bum.   It says: "Generally, patients with rectal foreign bodies try to re...

HOME   BUSINESS   POLITICS   NIGERIA   HEALTH & WELLBEING   EDUCATION   LIFE & ST S 1'   FIRS Asks Landlords to Collect 6% Stamp Duty on Tenancy Agreements editor July 23, 2020 5:31 Am Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has mandated landlords and property agents to ensure that they charge six per cent Stamp Duty on all tenancy and lease agreements they enter into with all renters and remit same promptly to the Service in order not to run foul of the Stamp Duty Act. FIRS’ position is sequel to the recent circulation of a stamp duty clarification guide by its Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami. According to Nami, property-related transactions like tenancy or lease agreement fall under the Ad Valorem category of the stamp duty which attracts six per cent duty payable in percentage of the total value or sum of the tenancy or lease. A statement issued yesterday by the Director, Communication, FIRS, Mr. Abdullahi I...